FR Doc E7-10719
[Federal Register: June 4, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 106)]
[Notices]
[Page 30826-30827]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Denver Museum of Nature &
Science, Denver, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO. The human remains were
removed from an unknown site in Minnesota.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Denver
Museum of Nature & Science professional staff in consultation with
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representatives of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck
Indian Reservation, Montana; Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Crow Tribe of Montana; Flandreau
Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Mille Lacs Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; Northern
Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana;
Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Ottawa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Prairie Island Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
Indian Reservation, South Dakota; Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac and Fox Tribe of
the Mississippi in Iowa; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sisseton-
Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Upper Sioux Community,
Minnesota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an unspecified site in Minnesota. In 1940,
C.H. Hannington donated the human remains to the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science, calling them "Sioux." No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains are the complete cranium and mandible of an adult
female. The skull was identified as Native American by physical
anthropologists at the museum. Copper staining around the mastoids
suggests that copper ear spools were worn and provides further evidence
of Native American identification. Native copper was used
prehistorically and copper earrings were also known trade items of
Indian people of Minnesota during the historic period.
Written and scholarly accounts of the presence of the Sioux in
Minnesota, and information from consultation, indicates that several
Sioux groups have occupied large areas of Minnesota for the past
several hundred years. Based on donor information, provenience, and
tribal consultation the Native American human remains are reasonably
believed to be Sioux. The Sioux groups that occupied Minnesota are
represented by the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota;
Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Santee Sioux
Nation, Nebraska; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse
Reservation, South Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; and
Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Officials of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001, (9-10), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human remains and the Flandreau Santee
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Prairie Island Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sisseton-Wahpeton
Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Upper Sioux
Community, Minnesota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr.
Stephen Nash, NAGPRA Officer, Department of Anthropology, Denver Museum
of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205, telephone
(303) 370-6056, before July 5, 2007. Repatriation of the human remains
to the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Prairie Island
Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Santee Sioux Nation,
Nebraska; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation,
South Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe
of South Dakota may proceed after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is responsible for notifying
the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation,
Montana; Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; Crow Tribe of Montana; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Leech
Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Lower Sioux
Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Menominee Indian Tribe of
Wisconsin; Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac and
Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake
Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North
& South Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; and Yankton Sioux
Tribe of South Dakota that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 9, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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